Sanitary belt and pad



Aug" '5, 1930.

J. A. S PEIGHT SANITARY BELT AND PAD Filed 'Jan. 15, 1928 ATTORNEY5Patented Aug. 5, 1930 PATENT OFFICE JAMES AMBLER SPEIGHT, OF ROCKYMOUNT, NORTH CAROLINA SANITARY BELT AND ran Application filed January18, 1928. Serial No. 246,442.

Myinvention relates to a sanitary belt and pad adapted to provide acomfortable and safe appliance for use by women during their menstrualperiod.

The invention will be best understood from a description of thepreferred embodiment shown in the accompanying drawings, in which Fig. 1is a front and Fig. 2a back view of the appliance in use. Fig. 3 is aplan view of the pad and Figs. 4 and 5 are cross-sectional views on thelines 44 and 55, Fig. 3.

The catarnenial pad 10 is generally triangular in shape, being wider atits front end and narrower behind, and consists of absorbent material 12enclosed in an envelope or wrapping of porous fabric such as gauze 14.The gauze wrapping 14 is longer than the absorbent material 12, and theends 16 and 18 of the gauze are left to protrude beyond the absorbentmaterial and at the front and rear ends respectively. These thin butstrong tabs or end portions serve for the convenient attachment of thebelt to the pad.

Along the middle of the ad I form a line of stitching 20 extending romthe front or wider end of the pad and preferably continuing for abouttwo-thirds of its length.

This consolidates the pad structure and provides depressions 22, 22 atthe opposite sides of the pad. The pad, being alike on both sides, canbe used either side up.

The belt 28 is preferably of elastic material. It is provided in frontwith two separated depending fasteners 2 1, 24, preferably fastenerssuch as are commonly used-on hose supporters, and in the rear with asingle central fastener 26. To hold the pad 10 in place, the frontfasteners are attached to the corners of the wide front gauze extension16 of the pad, and the rear fastener 26 is attached to the narrowerrearward gauze extension 18. In case an inelastic belt is used, elasticstraps 28 are used for'carrying the hose supporter connections 24.

An appliance in accordance with my invention has numerous features ofadvantage. The pad conforms to the anatomy of the parts, provides adischarge receiving pocket the lateral traction of the fasteners on thebelt holds the pad in close contact with the ing a pair of spaced apartfastening members in front and a single fastening member in back, saidfastening members bein adapted to detachably engage a discarda le pad,and such a pad comprising a portion of porous absorbent materialinelosed in a covering of textile material and of substantially.triangular shape with the textile material extending beyond the porousmaterial at each end, and with substantially central longitudinalstitching or equivalent means through the textile material and absorbentmaterial whereby to form a longitudinal depression in Cal the padcorresponding to the median line of the external genitals, the fasteningmembers being adapted to detachably engage and support the pad at pointsin the neighborhood of its three corners, the points of attachment ofthe front fastener to the pad being closer together than their j ointurewith the belt,

.whereby lateral traction is imposed on the front end of the pad adaptedwith the rounded anterior abdominal contour of the wearer and thedescribed construction of the pad, to support the ad while relievingpressure along the medlal genital line.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name hereto.

JAMES AMBLER SPEIGHT.

